Gaza-born twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser are back in Cannes with “Once Upon a Time in Gaza,” their riff on the Western genre which, though not explicitly political, is certainly timely. Starting from its title.
The film, which is premiering in Un Certain Regard, was conceived way before the current Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. It follows a young student named Yahya and a charismatic drug dealer named Osama who, while peddling drugs out of a falafel restaurant, are forced to grapple with a corrupt cop with a big ego.
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